Kia ora whānau. Our Year 4 team had the first of this year’s school EOTC days, with trips to Long Bay Regional Park this week. They had a great learning experience with students learning safety practices while outdoors. They learned how to survive in the outdoors and developed personal and social skills through a series of challenges. Working with a variety of students across two classes, meant they developed their social and communication skills also.

We have a small number of yearbooks left after a reorder late last year. If you missed out on one last year, or would like to purchase another copy, please contact the office.

Our year 6 students are stepping up to the challenge and responsibility of manning the new kea crossing on Fenwick Avenue.

The Learner Profile attribute this week is being a Communicator. This means that we listen respectfully to others, and share our ideas. We can express ourselves clearly. We also use our good manners when we ask or receive something. This week's certificate recipients are: Harper and Yikun (Room 14), Ryan and Summer (Room 15), Luca and Evie (Room 16), and Toby and Mariam (Roomm 17. Congratulations to these students.

Our Year 1 students are great inquirers as they engage in our Learning through Play sessions on the field. We have been using lots of loose parts for the children to develop social skills; collaborating, communicating and negotiating with their peers as they investigate ways to use the equipment. Here are some of the things our children have enjoyed this week.

The Hive had a great day on Tuesday 2.2.22. We had fun with this striking pattern of twos. During fitness we found lots of things we could do for 22 seconds. In Maths we created number sentences for 22 and we were pretty creative!! During Literacy, we wrote a class shared story with only 22 words. We used some story dice to help us which was funny. It was quite challenging keeping it to 22 words as we had more to say!! We are looking forward to celebrating 3.3.33 in eleven years time!

Each week, Room 11 and Room 15 join together as Buddy classes to play games, participate in a variety of learning activities, develop new skills and make new friends. The children in Room 15 are enjoying spending time with their new learning buddies and it is heartwarming to see how the children in Room 11 are supporting their young friends as they learn and play together. Here are some photos of us sharing books in the shade of the trees. It was a lovely way to end another busy school week.

Year 4 enjoyed their trip to Long Bay earlier this week. Attending this EOTC trip at the beginning of the year helps to strengthen class relationships, as well as allowing students to work with a range of their peers across two classes. We learned all about native New Zealand birds and trees, outdoor survival skills, and how to work together as a team. On this trip, students pitched tents, cooked sausages, learned safety practices when tramping and what to do if things go wrong in the bush. We learned about some of the vital skills for surviving in the outdoors and developed personal and social skills through a series of challenges.

Our Year 5 & 6 children were lucky to take part in an informative, fun and practical water safety session with the team from AUT Millennium this week. During the theory session, the children learnt the importance of wearing a life jacket and how to look after themselves and others at the beach, including the best equipment to assist a rescue.

After a long wait over the summer, the Gardening Club tamariki finally got to harvest the potatoes. In the first 3 weeks, the children weeded the gardens, watered the plants, and diligently checked on the crops to see if any tomatoes, beans and corns could be harvested. Our wonderful parent helper, Charlotte, also worked with the tamariki to repot some flowers for the butterfly house. We can't wait to see the flowers blossom and to refresh the gardens with new plants.

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